Mar 18
2024
Vtg 1930s Art Deco PINK BUTTERFLY Enamel Open Back Glass Pendant Necklace
15 5/8″ with pendant dropping another 1 5/8″ below. Why You’ll Love It. This Art Deco necklace will make your heart flutter. With a truly enchanting design, not one -but four butterflies rest upon each pink glass cabochon as if they were a rosy floral bloom. Their wings are intricately patterned in pink, blue, and black enamel for a fantastical look, trading realism for something more artistic. An open and streamlined setting allows the shimmering glass to take center stage, showcasing its ode to nature’s beauty. Bright patina with minimal surface wear to the setting. Fresh sheen, light surface wear, and no chipping on the glass. No chipping or thinning. Color plays a key role in jewelry design and, in turn, its collectibility. Whether natural stones or glass, what exact hue of blue was used or the combination of colors can tell you what time period a piece was made. Certain shades can be more common during a particular decade, making that piece of jewelry a classic example of the period – or – conversely, a vibrant and unique shade might make it uncommon. Art Deco is one of the first truly international styles, that influenced the design of buildings, furniture, fashion and of course, jewelry. The movement was given a name from the international exposition of Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, that was held in Paris in 1925 and largely dedicated to the jewelry arts. Born out of ideas of modernism and the Industrial Age, this manifested into designs that used Cubism’s bold abstraction and rectilinear shapes and combined them with intricate patterning, bold color and symmetry. High-end jewelry design houses like Cartier and Boucheron set the trends in gold and gemstones, which were then emulated by costume jewelry companies in glass or perhaps plastics, and brought to the masses. _gsrx_vers_1608 GS 9.5 (1608).
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